Jon, very-well presented case for using FW as opposed to USB. On 9/27/09, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > Bill, forget about the USB. You'll just bog the port down. FireWire, OTOH, > works great daisy-chained. It was designed that way; that's why the double > ports on all FW peripherals. I routinely daisy chain FW drives and they work > great. I sometimes have up to 4 drives on one chain with no problem. > Theoretically, FW is supposed to be able to handle up to 100 devices on one > bus, although I've never tested that. > > USB uses your processor for everything it does and can really bog down the > more devices you have. FireWire barely needs a processor to communicate > between devices. > > Way better than USB. It's used in high-performance military aircraft (F22, > F35 and some of the systems on the space shuttle) for device > interconnection. > > It was invented by Apple. > > Of course. > > j. > > > > On Sep 27, 2009, at 10:16 PM, Bill Micou <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Interesting- > > Three of the four have the USB port, in addition to the 2 firewire ports. > I may experiment with those into a hub to see how it acts. > > I thought it would be ok to connect them all, but wanted to check with > more experienced users. > > > > Thanks again, > > Bill M > > > > On Sep 27, 2009, at 10:04 PM, Robert Kersting wrote: > > > > > > > I know you can daisy chain the Firewire drives but I'm not sure about > > > the USB. FYI, should you ever need it, I'm pretty sure you can do > > > this with about 50 Firewire drives, maybe more. > > > > > > Or you can add a USB hub pretty cheaply for all four or just the USB > drives. > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:34 PM, Bill Micou <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I have 4 different external hard drives. I have used them for backups/ > extra > > > > space/ storing data temporarily/ etc..., but now I want to organize > and use > > > > them more effectively. I can plug them into my MacBook Pro one at a > time, > > > > but I was wondering if I can plug each one into the other, and then > into the > > > > Mac. They are each a different brand, but each has two firewire > ports. Can > > > > I daisy-chain all 4 together and end in the Mac? Is 4 too many? Will > 2 work > > > > together? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bill Micou > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > FileMaker 9 & 10 Certified Developer > ****NEW Ph no: 502-509-7137**** > > Project Foreman > NewMedia Construction Co. > [email protected] > > Instigator > The BB&J Network > The "Go-To Guys" for > FileMaker Development in Louisville > www.thebbandj.net > > FileMaker Louisville Blog: > http://filemakerlouisville.posterous.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > >
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